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[icarusalsoflew]

“ dream a little bigger, love. ” [ TEXT | VOICE | VIDEO ]

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[icarusalsoflew]

Ah, yes.

Terrible of me, not paying up on that sooner. :( You free?

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[boutant]

tsk tsk. luckily I'm very forgiving

I am

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[icarusalsoflew]

How about I march over to your place, then? With the Stash.

Or you could come over to mine and fuss over the Stash and my not-so-tiny kitten.

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[boutant]

I'd prefer your place, if possible

Naoki, right?

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[icarusalsoflew]

Definitely possible.

Naoki is looking forward to meeting you. :) Feel free to drop in as soon as you like.

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[boutant]

I briefly ran into Josh outside the vet's and got to meet Naoki through his carrier, but that barely counts

want me to bring anything?

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[icarusalsoflew]

True. A carrier is far from a kitten's natural habitat.

(And it's so nice to hear about Josh being a good daddy.)

And just yourself. One question, though: sushi, maki, sashimi, or all of the above?

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[boutant]

yes, you don't get to find out how fuzzy they are

all of the above sounds good

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[icarusalsoflew]

You are, indeed, a woman of excellent taste.

[ Aaand sending an address over, to a lovely penthouse thing in an old brick building. It's close to the forest, right at the edge of town. ]

See you soon, love.

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[boutant]

[ Once she's over her bout of pleased blushing, Ariadne heads over. Her messenger bag is with her, more out of habit than anything else. She's not planning on doing any sake-filled sketching, but one never knows.

Knock knock, Hikaru. ]

action forever uwu

[icarusalsoflew]

[ And since he knows that it's you, Ariadne (spoilers: he kinda knows how you sound when you move, and the way you smell in a totally not-so-creepy fashion): ]

Come in! Door's not locked.

[ ...In which you will be greeted by a curious, green-eyed kitten who IS rather large, and has even larger feet and ears than he ought to. Hikaru's over at the kitchen, making maki. ]

Hi.

[ No Josh in sight: his boy's at the Elysium already. ]

[boutant]

[ hikaru what

Opening the door, Ariadne shuts it behind her but then immediately crouches down to greet Naoki, letting the cat sniff at her and then stroking him. ]

Hi there, buddy.

[ That's for the kitten. And- ]

Hey. Need a hand?

[icarusalsoflew]

No, just your lovely company.

[ There's a stool that you can take right across of him while he's busy. Yes, that kitten is going to follow you everywhere while you're here. ]

Hope you didn't have a hard time finding this place.

[boutant]

I'm good with maps.

[ c: kitten. Do you like being picked up, Naoki? Because she's going to scoop you up and onto her lap for more attention. ]

And when I don't have a lot to do work-wise, I wander the city and draw, so I'm getting to know it pretty well.

[icarusalsoflew]

[ NAOKI IS ONLY TOO HAPPY TO HAVE A LAP TO EXPLORE. (Unless it is Mae's. He doesn't like Mae all that much.) ]

Maybe I should get you to take a look at a project I've started, then. I've drawn the entirety of the city on a wall down here, as best as I could.

[boutant]

[ Naoki, be nice to Mae. ]

Why on a wall?

[icarusalsoflew]

For the better scale, and because it's easier for me to do detective stuff on it. Most of the sketch was done using metal filaments, though, since that's easy for me to work with given what I want with the project.

[ He's pausing there though, and looking up as as he remembers something. ]

I don't think I ever told you, did I? I can control metal and blood, among other things.

[boutant]

Um. No, you left that out.

[ b l i n k i n g ]

Blood specifically, or is it because of the metal in it?

[icarusalsoflew]

A bit of both.

[ He looks thoughtful now as he goes back to preparing food for them. ]

I made a Bargain with a creature known as a Bloodsinger back in the day. It needed someone to be an extension of its will to feed itself, and I needed something that could give me the means to protect people that I cared about. Bloodsingers unlock the full potential of the human brain and body, and also have specific control over blood and metal.

[boutant]

So it's like... some sort of parasite, symbiotic relationship thing?

[ Or a funky vampire, she's not sure. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Precisely that. Trouble with the thing is that it's always hungry, though, and I'm only human.

[ Okay, first platter is done. Nudging that over to her, along with a nice pair of chopsticks, wasabi, soy sauce.

He be thorough. ]

[boutant]

So- what do you have to do to feed it? Do you still feel it here?

[ She should probably be less curious about parasites while eating, but. Oh well. ]

Also, you should know I'm not fantastic with chopsticks, so please try not to laugh at me too hard.

[icarusalsoflew]

Yeah, I do. Mostly because we've hit a point where there's no real difference between the two of us anymore.

[ Then, with a smile: ]

Is that another thing I should teach you?

[boutant]

Does it have a name?

[ She laughs. ]

Well, it can't hurt. Probably.

[icarusalsoflew]

Technically, he doesn't. I do call him my brother.

[ He's picking up his own pair of chopsticks now, and sliding one set towards Ariadne. ]